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Tuesday afternoon I get called home from work by the boyfriend- 3 day old calf is down. It was very lethargic,and wouldn't open it's eyes. Rectal temp was 101. Mouth was cold per my finger so I put a clean cover on the thermometer- 97 degrees in the mouth. I warmed the calf in the shop. The skin...

We have a 3 month old calf with white muscle disease. Diagnosed by vet via blood tests through Cornell. She has been down for 8 days now. She is eating, drinking,moving around, but not able to get up. Does anyone have any experience with this? Can this calf recover and walk again? Thanks, Amy

Hi All! I've got a black angus bull. Red angus mother and he produced a solid red heifer. Hereford ma and he produced a solid red heifer with a bald face. What is up? Will the rest of the calves most likely be red? Thanks for your input! Amy

I needed a calf to use milk from our only milk cow, so I purchased a 3 day old calf that was sired by a Hereford and momma looked kinda like a holstein, but had speckles on her, and a black nose. She was mainly white. The owner called her a "----line" cow. What breed or type of cow was he...

I had a calf born late Sunday night. By the truck headlights, the baby looked like it was covered in iodine- I figured it had pooped in the sac. Monday afternoon I figured out it hadn't nursed- the whole cow was covered in suck marks about the heighth of the baby's neck. The calf was down and...

Mom is a commercial simmental. Is dad a red angus or simmental? She was exposed to both per the previous owner. http://cattletoday.com/photos/showgalle ... puser=2253

If a charolais bull crosses with a simmental cow, what color would the calf be? If a red angus bull crosses with a simmental cow, what color would the calf be? I ask this as our commercial simm cow calved today and she was exposed to two bulls and we are trying to decide who the father was...

Okay, I got the mineral and the barrel. But I do not have a tree to hang it from. What do you suggest for alternative mounting that won't get knocked over? Thanks, Amy

I was told a cow needed to eat the afterbirth for the vitamins and minerals. With horses, we always removed the after birth as soon as we found it. They didn't want to eat it anyway. What do you guys say??

Yesterday we picked up a bull calf from a local dairy farm. The owner has a goat he keeps in a separate pen at one end of his cow barn. When asked about it, he said that having a goat keeps the cows from getting ringworm. He knew nothing about the "why" of this, but said an old timer told him...

Numberous cows in my friend's barn are rubbing their hair off by scratching themselves and rubbing on anything and everything. They are rubbing the hair off. The skin does not appear to be even slightly irritated. The skin is intact and appears healthy. Looking closely, I can see no creepy...

I'm looking to replace my 1991 Suzuki quad runner with possibly a Yamaha Bruin. It is a 2005 or 2006 and has 10 hours on it for $3699. Does anyone have experience with this machine and is this a good price? Thanks, Amy

Does anyone know where I can get some new knives for this baler?

Okay, now that my other fence question has been answered, I'm wanting to know what types of fence are good to contain calves. This would be a smaller "starter" or "training" area inside of my other fence. Do I need to worry about calves getting out of my main fence which is 3 strand high...

Most of my fence is post and high tensile. I'm setting up a new pasture in a field and I don't want to go to the big expense of wooden pressure treated posts and high tensile. I was considering doing those 4' green "T" posts for my corners and using either those plastic step in posts with the...

I'm curious to know at what age (or weight) are you selling the bottle calves to see the best return on your dollar? What do you figure your profit range is per calf? Thanks! Amy

I need some ideas for a way to make something to contain a cow for treatment, exams, etc. So far I've only had to treat the calves and I can use a rope halter and snub them to the fence. Any ideas would be appreciated. I would be setting this up in the barn in a large open area where the...

I'm pretty new to the cow thing, so bear with me. Our 3 month old calf started to cough, was lethargic, and running a 105 fever. I called the vet and she recommended some banamine and excenel. Treated him for 5 days with excenel and 3 with the banamine. His temp is normal and he is quite active...

We have a purchased 1 week old holstein calf. Had him 3 days. Came with greenish yellow scours. I am bottle feeding him 2x day with cows milk. This morning I gave him his milk and 3 hours later I go to give him a bottle of electrolyte I had just mixed. He started to have diarrhea, so I looked at...

I have a 2 month old calf. She's lethargic and has a dry occassional cough. Temp has been 103. This morning she got her 4th injection of LA 200. Her temp this morning was 102. She is nibbling food. When she is up (which isn't often) her legs are wobbly. She is nursing just a little. She is not...